I'm a professor of national security studies, and I know a lot more about fighting than Rumsfeld does.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.
He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.
Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.
I'm not a military strategist.
There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are.
I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.
What I really learned in the army was how to be a pacifist.
This mass destructive weapons were sold to Iraqi government by the United States. And Mr. Rumsfeld has been one of the man responsible for this sale, for this bargain, for this market.
Had Rumsfeld said at any time 'get me a report on what's going on', he could have had it. You're right, it depends on choices that we make, which parts of the world we want to be in immediate contact with.
Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively.